Folding@Home reaches a Petaflop - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 21st Sep 2007, 11:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...s_a_petaflop/1

The Folding@Home project, which uses the power of CPUs around the world to help find cures to diseases, has managed to reach a full petaflop of calculating power.

steveo_mcg · 21st Sep 2007, 11:22

Wow that's a lot of processing... just image the amount of power all those P4's must be burning!

jezmck · 21st Sep 2007, 12:34

Is it possible to get other consoles contributing?

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Microsoft Word doesn't even recognise a Petaflop as existing in it's dictionary

and bit-tech's CMS doesn't highlight grammar mistakes either

CardJoe · 21st Sep 2007, 12:36

Fixed!

Delphium · 21st Sep 2007, 13:44

Petaflop eh, wow, nice =]

Just joined the bit-tech folding team (late, but better than never), need to work out how to run F@H on multiple cores,

so I may add my bit of contribution.
Multiple instance with same username or different usernames?

Spacecowboy92 · 21st Sep 2007, 15:39

I signed up for the team too!

One petaflop, I hadent even heard of that before.

Vermino · 21st Sep 2007, 17:30

Jesus, i didn't know what Folding@home was on my PS3 - seriously thought it was just spam..
Thank god for this article, signing up now

2JSC · 21st Sep 2007, 22:19

So does this count for the race to a Petaflop?

http://www.petaflop.info/

legoman666 · 21st Sep 2007, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Delphium

Petaflop eh, wow, nice =]

Just joined the bit-tech folding team (late, but better than never), need to work out how to run F@H on multiple cores,

so I may add my bit of contribution.
Multiple instance with same username or different usernames?

run multiple instances of the command line client. When running the initial setup, you have to go into the advanced options and change the machine ID of the 2nd instance to 2. Otherwise it will not work properly. It's rather simple.

automagsrock · 22nd Sep 2007, 14:04

Sweet. I am gonna get my PS3 and my PC running on this when I get home from work. Anything I can do to help.

outlawaol · 22nd Sep 2007, 18:04

Anyone know if they have multi threading enabled software yet?

I'd love to contribute my quad core.

andyl33t · 22nd Sep 2007, 20:32

Woo

feels good to have contributed!

Delphium · 22nd Sep 2007, 22:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666

run multiple instances of the command line client. When running the initial setup, you have to go into the advanced options and change the machine ID of the 2nd instance to 2. Otherwise it will not work properly. It's rather simple.

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DeXtmL · 23rd Sep 2007, 12:39

So, why not let XBOX360 join it

DougEdey · 23rd Sep 2007, 12:40

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Originally Posted by DeXtmL

So, why not let XBOX360 join it

Because C# is too slow and microsoft would charge people to download it

Irvine · 23rd Sep 2007, 22:43

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Originally Posted by outlawaol

Anyone know if they have multi threading enabled software yet?

I'd love to contribute my quad core.

Absolutely! F@H actually has an SMP client that can utilize dual or quad cores, and you get a point bonus for using that client, too! It's in beta and should be on their downloads page.

21st Sep 2007, 11:06	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 8,010	Folding@Home reaches a Petaflop http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...s_a_petaflop/1 The Folding@Home project, which uses the power of CPUs around the world to help find cures to diseases, has managed to reach a full petaflop of calculating power. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

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steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,998	Wow that's a lot of processing... just image the amount of power all those P4's must be burning! __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

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Delphium You there computer man fix my pants Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: on teh interwebz Posts: 1,256	Petaflop eh, wow, nice =] Just joined the bit-tech folding team (late, but better than never), need to work out how to run F@H on multiple cores, so I may add my bit of contribution. Multiple instance with same username or different usernames? __________________ \| Asus P5N32-E SLI \| Q6600 G0 @3.0ghz Watercooled \| 8GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 @1066mhz 5-5-5-15 2T \| XFX GTX285 \| BFG 8800GTS \| XFX 9600GT \| 1x 128GB Crucial M225 SSD \| 5x 500GB Seagate SATA-II \| BFG 800W SLI PSU \| Logitech Z-5500 5.1ch speakers \| 3x Dell S2209W 22"wide TFT's (5760x1080res) \| 1x Panasonic 42"Plasma \| All working on Win7 Ultimate x64 \| Last edited by Delphium; 21st Sep 2007 at 14:01.

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Spacecowboy92 Gettin' Lazy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 757	I signed up for the team too! One petaflop, I hadent even heard of that before. __________________

21st Sep 2007, 17:30	#7
Vermino Minimodder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 21	Jesus, i didn't know what Folding@home was on my PS3 - seriously thought it was just spam.. Thank god for this article, signing up now

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2JSC Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 112	So does this count for the race to a Petaflop? http://www.petaflop.info/ __________________ He's no different than the rest of you organisms... shooting DNA at eachother to make babies.

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andyl33t Minimodder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 38	Woo feels good to have contributed!

23rd Sep 2007, 12:39	#14
DeXtmL Modder Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 50	So, why not let XBOX360 join it __________________ We are "netted" together!